Fakhr-ud-Din Muhammad Shah, better known as Muhammad bin Tughluq, or Muhammad III, also known by his epithets, The Eccentric Prince, and The Mad Sultan, was the eighteenth Sultan of Delhi. He reigned
Early Mughal painting of Muhammad bin Tughluq (1534)
Billon Tanka of Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Muhammad-bin-Tughluq orders his brass coins to pass for silver, 1330 CE
Forced token currency coin
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq Shah, also known as Ghazi Malik, was the Sultan of Delhi from 1320 to 1325. He was the first sultan of the Tughluq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. During his reign, Ghiyath al-D
Muhammad bin Tughluq
…and The Mad Sultan, was the eighteenth Sultan of Delhi. He reigned from February 1325 until his death in March 1351. Muhammad was the eldest son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. In 1321, the young Muhammad was sent by his father to the Deccan Plateau to fight a military campaign against the…
A Jalayirid copy of a Delhi Sultanate manuscript, depicting ruler Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq leading his troops in the capture of the city of Tirhut, based on the Basātin al-uns by Muhammad Sadr Ala-i, a member of the Tughluq court and an ambassador to Ilkhanid Iran. Ca.1410 copy of 1326 original. Istanbul, Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Ms. R.1032.
Silver Tanka of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq Dated AH 724
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq leading his troops in the capture of the city of Tirhut (1324), then ruled by the Karnats of Mithila. A 1410 Jalayrid Mongol illustration of the Basātin al-uns, a book written by Akhsatan Dehlavi al-Hindi, a member of the Tughluq court and an ambassador to Iran. Ca.1410 copy of 1326 lost original. Istanbul, Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Ms. R.1032.
Mughal painting (c. 17th century) with imaginary depiction of the court of Ghiyath al-Din Tughlaq.